Choices Explorer Professional Manual

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This Choices Explorer Professional Manual is divided into specific sections. These can be accessed from the hyperlinks.
For ease of printing, PDF versions have also been included.

Introduction

Access and Login (PDF /HTML)

Outline of Choices Explorer Modules

	General Features (PDF/HTML)
	Home (PDF / HTML)
	Work (PDF/HTML)
	Learn (PDF/HTML)
	Life (PDF/HTML)
	Your Portfolio (PDF/HTML)
	FAQs -- Answers to commonly asked questions can be found in each section of this manual. Click on the Frequently Asked Questions link at the top of each page or scroll down to the FAQ section.

Profiles

	Career Profiles (PDF / HTML)
	Education Profiles (PDF / HTML)
	Life Profiles (PDF / HTML)

Checklists

	Career Finder (PDF/HTML)
	Major Finder (PDF/HTML)
	Cluster Finder (PDF/HTML)
	Do What You Are (PDF/HTML)
	Learning Style Inventory (PDF/HTML)

Activities

	Guideways (PDF/HTML)
	Course Plan Builder (PDF/HTML)

Professional Tools and Resources

	Professional Tools (PDF /HTML)
	Portfolios / Portfolio Management (PDF/HTML)
	Site-based Reports (PDF/HTML)
	Comparison Reports (PDF/HTML)
	Regional Reports (optional add-on) (PDF/HTML)
	Feedback (PDF/HTML)
	Reading Levels (PDF /HTML)

Security and Compliance

	Security (PDF/HTML)
	Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Section 508 (PDF/HTML)
	Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) (PDF/HTML)

Introduction

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Welcome to Choices Explorer!

This Professional Manual discusses the features found in Choices Explorer, a product of Bridges Transitions.

Thousands of schools use Bridges products to prepare students for successful transitions to education and work beyond high school. Adults at career agencies and post-secondary schools across the nation also use Bridges products to plan career transitions. By choosing a Bridges solution, you have chosen North America's most widely used system for education and career planning.

This Professional Manual contains information to help you understand and use Choices Explorer. You will also find answers to some frequently asked questions, and ideas on how to best implement the program.

When developing an implementation strategy, it is good to remember that in spite of the sophistication of Choices Explorer, it is simply a tool that can assist counselors, teachers and paraprofessionals in providing career development services to their users. These users must understand that Choices Explorer is a step in the career planning process, not the end! The computer cannot make their decision for them.

Therefore, Choices Explorer should NOT be expected to replace counselors or teachers; set priorities for users; suggest viable goals and directions from confusion and uncertainty; predict a user's success in an occupation; describe users to themselves; or eliminate users' need to participate in planning their own future. However, using Choices Explorer as a counseling tool, they can be started on their way to planning a rewarding and satisfying working life. The counselor, teacher or agency administrator remains a vital ingredient in the career-planning process.

Choices Product Training

Note that training for Choices products is available in various forms (workshops, free webinars). This training is ideal to help you get started. For training options, see Bridges Services.

Getting Help

Help is also available for specific issues. Contact Bridges through the "Talk to Us" link or via our corporate website.

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